Hey there, DETECTIVES! DETECTIVE WRITER to introduce you all to a fascinating topic regarding the Voynich Manuscript.
The Voynich Manuscript is a handwritten codex, basically the ancestor of modern books, and is in an unknown language by an unknown author(s). Instead of paper for a codex, other materials were used as sheets such as papyrus, etc. The manuscript is also referred to as “Voynichese.” It has over 240 pages, but evidence presents that some pages are missing, a few pages have various illustrations/drawings/diagrams that show images of people, plants, symbols, and more. A few pages also have several words in Latin but much of the script remains unreadable.
In 1912, book dealer Wilfrid Voynich purchased it and the manuscript was later named after him. Since 1969, the manuscript has been held in Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University. In 2020, the digital collections library from the university officially published the entire manuscript of 225 pages which is available through this link.
(A floral illustration on page 32 of the manuscript).
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